[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 32, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 32CFR246.1]

[Page 548-549]
 
                       TITLE 32--NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
        CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (CONTINUED)
 
PART 246_STARS AND STRIPES (S&S) NEWSPAPER AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS--Table of 
 
Sec. 246.1  Purpose.

    This part:
    (a) Establishes policy, assigns responsibilities, and prescribes 
procedures for the S&S organizations owned by designated Unified 
Commands consistent with 32 CFR part 372.
    (b) Supersedes policies and procedures in 32 CFR part 247 about the 
S&S newspapers.
    (c) Authorizes the establishment, management, operation, and 
oversight of the Stars and Stripes, including the resale of commercial 
publications necessary to support the overall S&S mission, production, 
distribution authority, and business operations as mission-essential 
activities of the Department of Defense and the designated Unified 
Commands.
    (d) Designates the Secretary of the Army as the DoD Executive Agent 
for providing administrative and logistical support to the American 
Forces Information Service (AFIS), designated Unified Commands, and the 
S&S.
    (e) Authorizes the Commander in Chief, U.S. European Command, and 
the Commander in Chief (CINC), U.S. Pacific Command, to establish and 
maintain a S&S board of directors to

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address S&S business operations in their Unified Commands.